The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-27
4 MEXICAN FIESTA"
. erAsoN or RELIGIOUS C6RE-
MONIES AND INDULGENCE.

,,.,,.,,ty Of the Bull FiSht-The Native
...tc,n an Invcteratc Gambier-Na-
Ion. Games of Chanoo-An Orderly
Crowd.
,,-,. Voxican town has patron saint
irtvi IL is supposed 10 bc 20 watch and
~ over Che interests Of the town and its
in, 91'a natron saint Of the old town across
- Poso del Norte Is Our Lady Of
Cc..l.l,r, The natives begin their cole
- ON tho Sth and keep il up till tho
a., Whom they have TO quit so as to be
go, g., bo~in the Christmas festivities on
me 2lth ;.,.,,.a
,.ts of I. Religious ceremonies con
I~c.cj daily in the celebrated old church
-, 10 be over $40 years old. ? At
Zinc thrce or four bull fights week. j.
c.rb.'n-. and lastly drinking plenty Of
80, mcecal and tequile ana having
-,,l time generally.
49, ~ the bull fights nothing could be
~, brutal or disgusting Take dog
cDIt cock fight or a fight between two
. and you know that they are but follow
-. fho instincts of nature, and if either
i-91....,nt gets enough he can show the
~I.. leather and generally get away. The
All fht is different; the poor brute is
-..-al and scored before he is turned into
o., -,r, thore he is again goaded and
,-.,~sd and finally killed He stands no
.,,-o show than mouse in box with a cat.
an 1NvETEEATE GAMBLER.
s.,rjov went over 20 see life on the
-rs,a The native Mexican is an inveterate
Gambler. lie viii risk almost anything on
tbs turn of "a die. The plaza, square IN the
oonter Of tho village, was turned mo an eX-
+sn,ive Gambling establishment, and the
,,nos were numerous. and those run by
Weyicans depended entirely on chance. The
American faker was. however on hand, and
Uoull sell YOU a 8 bill rolled in piece Of
,qrer for s.. and few other snaps of that
d.scrir,i0n. but the main games were MeXl-
can First in Importance was the national
game ST monte II consists primarily in
dealing two cards from the bottom of the
mack and then betting as 10 which of the two
9y.I be turned up first There are many
notifications Of the game which would re-
1uiro an experienced person TO describe.
Iaro not been here long enough TO acquire
that experience
Another game very popular especially
with the ladies, is a kind Of an odd or even
affair. There isa funnel shaped contrivance
with the bottom sloping to the center; in the
center are several stops werea single marble
can drop in and a general receptacle TO hold
them OIL A handful Of marbles is thrown
and the gambler bets whether an odd or even
number VIII drop in the general receptacle.
The game most numerous, however, and
which seemed 10 draw the largest crowds,
specially of the American population, among
whom was q large delegation from the Cali
forna excursion in town over the Illinois
Central was PLAYED with dice. The layout
consisted of "a table, six cards numbered !,
2.34. ) and g. a dice box. three dice,
few silver coins and any amount Of tlacos
pronounced "clocaers'1 ,, a Mexican coin
n0mnaly worth 3 d cents, being quarter
OF a real, which is one-eighth of a dollar,
but in hard American money > cents will
buy four Of thCu
DEALER AND DICE.
The dealer shakes the box and throws the
dice ON thetable sill covered by the box.
Tho ezcursionist puts his money, say on the
card marked three The box is lifted; if
there is o three up the dealer pays even; if
thor5 are q pair of threes up he pays two for
one. II there are three threes up he pays
three for one. 1t is apparently square
game. and the onlookcr who is interested
may spend q handful of 'claczers' before
lo discovers there are several per cent, if
not more. in favor of the dealer.
There arc several other games of less i'm
p0rtance, among which / noted a modilica-
ton of tlo wheel of fortune. In this, how
ever, every turn drew a prize A "clacker"
purchased the right TO turn the wheel, and
wherever the arrow stopped it would point
% au article Of some value, ranging from
two ha.rplns to a cheap cotton handkerchief.
What the young cowboy whom | saw gather
10 about O dozen hairpins will do with them
is still q mystery TO me.
The crowd in attendance was a very
orderly one If any one got more tequile on
board than be could handle he could lie down
anywhere and calmly sleep Off the effects of
bis potations and beperfectly happy. Ionly
saw one Quarrelsome fellow, and he was
drunken American Ell Paso Tex Cor.